Re: mysterious loss of internet connection
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:49:10 -0500, I wrote:
> My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub
> (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its
> network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software problem.
> ...
> I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to continue chasing this down.
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:04:53 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty replied:
> Are you pinging by IP or DNS name? Try by IP to remove the possibility
> of a DNS problem. From a box that does work, ping debian.org and get
> the IP. Then from the problem box, ping that IP and see if it goes
> through. If it does, then its a DNS problem.
I tried both IP address and FQDN (name) and couldn't get to either. I will
try pinging debian.org, which resolves to 192.25.206.10 where I am now. (I
can't get a response from there from my work PC at the moment, but I think my
university firewall may block all outside ping packets. Ping has worked from
home until the new problem.)
Thanks.
Reply to: